§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what will be the total spending of his Department on Press and public relations in the current year; and what it was in 1979–80 and each intervening year.
§ Mr. EggarFCO expenditure on advertising and other promotional literature in past financial years was as follows:
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FCO Diplomatic Wing) FCO (ODA Wing) £ £ 1979–80 100,226 214,739 1980–81 116,532 145,697 1981–82 162,988 207,964 1982–83 229,711 135,506
FCO (Diplomatic Wing) FCO (ODA Wing) £ £ 1983–84 205,247 252,691 1984–85 149,932 234,050 1985–86 160,535 271,084 11986–87 222,000 290,000 1 Estimated. This expenditure relates mainly to advertising for recruitment and promotional literature in the United Kingdom. A disaggregation of these totals is not available.
§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many press and public relations staff are employed in his Department; and how many were employed in 1979–80 and each intervening year.
§ Mr. EggarThe numbers of staff employed in the Foreign and Commonwealth Department news department and Overseas Development Administration press office in each year since 1979–80 have been:
Year Staff 1979–80 21.5 1980–81 21.5 1981–82 26.0 1982–83 27.0 1983–84 26.0 1984–85 26.0 1985–86 26.5 1986–87 25.5